Eric S. Goldstein

Partner

Eric Goldstein is Co-Chair of the firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Practice Group. He represents clients throughout the United States and has served as lead national or regional bankruptcy counsel for a variety of businesses, including Fortune 500 companies. Eric has extensive experience handling complex commercial litigation matters and foreclosure actions. In addition, he has substantial experience in corporate trust default matters representing trustees as fiduciaries for public and private debt.

Eric previously served as law clerk to the Honorable Christine S. Vertefeuille for the Supreme Court for the State of Connecticut.

Professional Affiliations

Community Involvement

West Hartford Youth Baseball Coach

Contract Counterparty Can Correct Error in Sale Order To Block Preference Claim

Successfully represented contract counterparty in defeating a preference claim under Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code by obtaining an order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan that corrected its prior order authorizing the sale of the debtor’s assets. The original order approving the sale erroneously failed to include the client’s contract as being assumed by the debtor and assigned to the buyer under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code. The assumption and assignment of a contract precludes a preference claim. Over the opposition of the Committee of Unsecured Creditors, the Bankruptcy Court corrected its order based on a finding that a mistake had occurred. The liquidating trustee, as successor to the Committee, appealed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and then to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Both courts affirmed the Bankruptcy Court’s decision and the preference action was withdrawn.

Non-Dischargeability Judgment For Debtor's Fraud

Successfully represented insurance company in obtaining a judgment from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts that debt owed to insurance company could not be discharged in debtor’s bankruptcy case under Section 523(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code because prior finding of fraud by state court was dispositive of fraud determination under Section 523(a)(4). The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts affirmed this judgment on appeal.

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